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Bishop Arundale, 54, has a comely, high caste Hindu wife named Rukmini, whom he married 13 years ago when she was 15. She has remained Hindu in faith because ''once a Hindu, always a Hindu. We do not always adapt ourselves to the new. I am in sympathy with my husband's work, as all religions have the same objective as their goal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 21, 1933 | 8/21/1933 | See Source »

...later as a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Thus, I have had the opportunity of seeing his plans unfold and have witnessed the revolution which has taken place in the attitude of the student body towards scholarship. The problem we face today is how best adapt the great heritage of the past to the changing times and the uncertain future ahead. A university is primarily a group of creative scholars whose lives are dedicated to the greater glory of the human spirit. It scams to me a matter of the utmost Importance that in these difficult days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Faces Problem of Adapting Heritage of Past to Changing Times | 6/22/1933 | See Source »

...have always said with pride that the peculiar strength of democracy lay in its ability to adapt itself to changed conditions. We are witnesses to a demonstration of the truth of that boast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strength of Democracy Proved by Centralization of Power In Emergency, Declares Ryan English Commencement Part | 6/22/1933 | See Source »

...definite style note is the new high-crowned hats, adaptations of Arab fezzes, pill boxes, Cossack and clown hats, now sweeping France as copies of the Camel cigaret slouch hat are sweeping U. S. department stores. According to smartchart scouts, the originator of the season's high hattery is the lovely Comtesse Francois-Guillaume de Maigret who persuaded Maria Guy to adapt a Tunisian Chechia on her return from an African vacation, and wore it with devastating success at Parisian race tracks. Other milliners hurried in with other high hats. ¶ Plaid evening dresses are enormously popular. In colors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Higher Hats, Lower Waists | 2/27/1933 | See Source »

...wholly satisfied with the Tutorial System. If would be a sad commentary on the System and myself if I were. But neither am I sure that drastic changes are in order. The system is relatively young, and expansive, and must gradually adapt itself to changing conditions. The chief difficulty of course is the expense. There should be many more tutors than there are at present. But tutors cost money and must also be given some liope of advancement. The next greatest difficulty is not with the system but with the students. Most students, I suppose, do not care to assume...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Psychology Instructors Offer Suggestions In Regard To Tutorial System--Honors and Pass Degrees Are Favored | 2/1/1933 | See Source »

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